But specifically, scientists say, the bulk of the garbage patch trash comes from China and other Asian countries. This shouldn't be a surprise: Overall, worldwide, most of the plastic trash in ...

The situation has gotten so bad that the army was recently called in to remove the plastic waste -- and prevent ... Hong Kong's Landmark Mandarin Oriental is making a move toward serving in ...

the equivalent of one garbage truck of plastic being tipped into the sea every minute of every day. More than half comes from five Asian countries: China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and ...

And thus began the story of the great Pacific garbage patch, a swath of plastic debris ... mooring lines and anchors out to sea from Asian aquaculture farms that were harvesting mussels and ...